1. Official end: September 2, 1945
The end of World War II
Official end: September 2, 1945

2. The European Theatre St. Paul’s cathedral post wwii
St. paul’s cathedral today

3. Devastation Direct War Costs Military Killed/ Missing Civilians Killed
United States
$288 billion
292, 131
(plus 115,187 died from non-battle causes) -
Great Britain
$117 billion
272,311
60,595
France
$111.3 billion
205,707
(before surrender to Nazis)
173,260
(includes murdered Jews)
USSR
$93 billion
13,600,000
7,720,000
Germany
$212.3 billion
3,300,000
2,893,000
(includes Jews and foreign civilians in Germany)
Japan
$41.3 billion
1,140,429
953,000
Compare to numbers on handout (U5L2 Disillusionment)

4. The Pacific Theatre Post- Guadalcanal victory-
General MacArthur captured the Philippines at the Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 20-25, 1944)
March 26, Iwo Jima captured
June 22, Okinawa captured
Bloodiest land battle in Pacific

5. Allied Victory
The Manhattan Project- General Leslie Groves & J. Robert Oppenheimer
President Truman gave command after test in New Mexico.
Hiroshima- Aug. 6th, 1945
“Little Boy”
Nagasaki- Aug. 9th, 1945
“Fat man”
Japan surrenders on September 2nd, 1945 marking the official end of WWII.

6. Yalta Conference February 1945 Denazification of Eastern Europe
Winston Churchill (Great Britain)
Joseph Stalin (USSR)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States)
Denazification of Eastern Europe
United Nations replacing the skeleton of League of Nations
Stalin disregards promise to join fight against Japan

7. The Nuremburg Trials
An International Military Tribunal, comprised of 23 nations, put on trial 22 Nazi leaders for waging war of aggression and committing “crimes against humanity”
Hermann Goring, commander of the Luftwaffe
Life in prison
Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s former deputy
Committed suicide
10 others sentenced to death
Cremated at Dachau, just like their victims.

8. The Pacific Theatre U.S. General Douglas MacArthur Demilitarization
Democratization
By May 3, 1947 the Japanese had implemented a democratic constitution
Elected body: the Diet
Constitutional Monarchy
Everyone over 20 could vote
Article 9- Japanese cannot make war
(only if attacked)
Redistribution of land to farmers
Reformation of labor unions
Sept 1951: official end to war
U.S. and Japan are allies